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Congress: Address Rising Food Prices Now!
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
Americans are feeling the pain as the cost of living rises. The cost of a barrel of crude oil has doubled in a year, reaching a new record, and higher oil and energy prices affect the entire chain of food production. In 2008, U.S. food prices are expected to rise 4 to 5 percent. That's nearly doubling the already steep increases of the last three years.
The food crisis hits harder in developing countries, where many people already spend up to 80 percent of their income to buy food. Before this crisis, 854 million people worldwide were hungry. As many as 100 million people could fall further into poverty because of soaring prices.
We cannot wait until the next appropriations cycle comes in October. People are hungry now. Urge Congress to release funding immediately for emergency disaster assistance so that we can move quickly to get food to those in need.
The food crisis hits harder in developing countries, where many people already spend up to 80 percent of their income to buy food. Before this crisis, 854 million people worldwide were hungry. As many as 100 million people could fall further into poverty because of soaring prices.
We cannot wait until the next appropriations cycle comes in October. People are hungry now. Urge Congress to release funding immediately for emergency disaster assistance so that we can move quickly to get food to those in need.
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# 4,800:
3:01 pm PDT, May 19,
April Smith, Indiana
# 4,799:
12:59 pm PDT, May 19,
Kristen Callahan, California
# 4,798:
12:37 pm PDT, May 19,
Leslie Elliott, Massachusetts
# 4,797:
12:35 pm PDT, May 19,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 4,796:
12:32 pm PDT, May 19,
Name not displayed, California
With the High cost of gasoline/oil, and people loosing their homes and their jobs, we need all the help we can get! Please don't allow it to get so bad, we have to go hungry, too!
With the High cost of gasoline/oil, and people loosing their homes and their jobs, we need all the help we can get! Please don't allow it to get so bad, we have to go hungry, too!
# 4,795:
11:04 am PDT, May 19,
Jacob Szafran, Poland
# 4,794:
10:59 am PDT, May 19,
Harold Self, North Carolina
# 4,793:
10:15 am PDT, May 19,
Glenda Jasper, California
# 4,792:
4:28 am PDT, May 19,
Erik Sjodin, Sweden
# 4,791:
1:59 am PDT, May 19,
Shannon Russell, Massachusetts
# 4,790:
1:52 am PDT, May 19,
Kathleen Ostic, Michigan
This matter should be treated with utmost empathy, considering what this would feel like if it was you who had no food, no means to obtain an adequate amount of food for survival, and were unable to feed your own children. We the people urge you to please do the right thing. Many will be so very grateful.
This matter should be treated with utmost empathy, considering what this would feel like if it was you who had no food, no means to obtain an adequate amount of food for survival, and were unable to feed your own children. We the people urge you to please do the right thing. Many will be so very grateful.
# 4,789:
8:04 pm PDT, May 16,
Robert Hall, Kentucky
Unlike the politicians, us regular folks are not ungodly wealthy. The rising cost of energy and food, which the economist regularly do not factor in for inflation, reduces or eliminates disposable income thereby effecting directly impacting the GNP. A smart politician would understand that there are more poor people than rich people and that run away energy and food cost are a threat to the financial stability of the country.
Unlike the politicians, us regular folks are not ungodly wealthy. The rising cost of energy and food, which the economist regularly do not factor in for inflation, reduces or eliminates disposable income thereby effecting directly impacting the GNP. A smart politician would understand that there are more poor people than rich people and that run away energy and food cost are a threat to the financial stability of the country.
# 4,788:
7:59 pm PDT, May 16,
Tracey Montgomery, Colorado
Why don't we take care of our own?
Why don't we take care of our own?
# 4,787:
7:47 pm PDT, May 16,
Jared Calkins, Texas
# 4,786:
7:28 pm PDT, May 16,
Larkin Harrington, Washington
We cannot stand by and watch others suffer. If you have an ounce of humility then you will recognize the need of those without food.
We cannot stand by and watch others suffer. If you have an ounce of humility then you will recognize the need of those without food.
# 4,785:
6:39 pm PDT, May 16,
Kristi Patterson, Colorado
# 4,784:
6:30 pm PDT, May 16,
DENISE STARK, Florida
# 4,783:
5:46 pm PDT, May 16,
Malcolm Simpson, Nevada
# 4,782:
4:55 pm PDT, May 16,
Janine VanSanden, Washington
# 4,781:
4:51 pm PDT, May 16,
Elizabeth Colwell, California
# 4,780:
4:12 pm PDT, May 16,
Angel Denton, Arizona
# 4,779:
3:51 pm PDT, May 16,
Judy Bierbaum, New Mexico
when people can't get their basic needs met it creates a desperate situation that creates further problems for families. please assure families don't need to worry about something as basic as meeting their families food needs.
when people can't get their basic needs met it creates a desperate situation that creates further problems for families. please assure families don't need to worry about something as basic as meeting their families food needs.
# 4,778:
3:17 pm PDT, May 16,
Angela Patee, California
# 4,777:
3:05 pm PDT, May 16,
Inga Turner, Maine
It used to be your mother would guilt you into finishing your dinner by saying 'there are starving people in China!'. Guess what? Keep up the rising food prices, and mothers will be telling your children 'there are starving people next door!' Or worse yet, not be able to, because they ARE the starving people next door.
It used to be your mother would guilt you into finishing your dinner by saying 'there are starving people in China!'. Guess what? Keep up the rising food prices, and mothers will be telling your children 'there are starving people next door!' Or worse yet, not be able to, because they ARE the starving people next door.
# 4,776:
2:23 pm PDT, May 16,
Steven Hunter, California
# 4,775:
1:46 pm PDT, May 16,
Amanda Maynard, Maryland
Billions are being wasted on funding for a stupid war that we shouldn't have gotten into in the first place, while people in our own country and abroad are going hungry because of skyrocketing fuel and food prices! What's wrong with this picture? We need to put the money where it belongs-in helping those who truly need it! We can't keep letting the working-class and poor be stretched even further when they can't afford the basic necessities in life as it is!
Billions are being wasted on funding for a stupid war that we shouldn't have gotten into in the first place, while people in our own country and abroad are going hungry because of skyrocketing fuel and food prices! What's wrong with this picture? We need to put the money where it belongs-in helping those who truly need it! We can't keep letting the working-class and poor be stretched even further when they can't afford the basic necessities in life as it is!
# 4,774:
1:24 pm PDT, May 16,
Vanessa Jordan, Kentucky
# 4,773:
8:09 am PDT, May 16,
Estella Moore, Colorado
# 4,772:
6:48 am PDT, May 16,
Joyce. Paape, Ph.D., Michigan
People are hungry & can't afford the escalating food prices!
People are hungry & can't afford the escalating food prices!
# 4,771:
6:07 am PDT, May 16,
Enrique Lopez, Puerto Rico
# 4,770:
5:34 am PDT, May 16,
Rebecca Estep, Kentucky
most of the major upheavals in history have been triggered by shortages of basic necesseties.
most of the major upheavals in history have been triggered by shortages of basic necesseties.
# 4,769:
3:12 am PDT, May 16,
Judy Bonnell-Wenzel, Michigan
A small decrease in farm subsidies would provide help to the poorest farmers in our world whose crops feed the world's hungry.
A small decrease in farm subsidies would provide help to the poorest farmers in our world whose crops feed the world's hungry.
# 4,768:
1:10 am PDT, May 16,
CAROLYNE Livingston, Ohio
# 4,767:
1:03 am PDT, May 16,
DEBORAH EVANS, California
Time for big Named foods companys to come down in price all around the world, and let them all feel like all of us feel! Time for the president to stop the big boys from slapping us little people around!
Time for big Named foods companys to come down in price all around the world, and let them all feel like all of us feel! Time for the president to stop the big boys from slapping us little people around!
# 4,766:
11:57 pm PDT, May 15,
Saskia Santos, Florida
# 4,765:
9:54 pm PDT, May 15,
Kevin Johnson, Nevada
# 4,764:
9:13 pm PDT, May 15,
Bethany Comeau, Arizona
# 4,763:
8:47 pm PDT, May 15,
Tori Bush, Florida
# 4,762:
7:07 pm PDT, May 15,
Eliza Krause, California
# 4,761:
7:01 pm PDT, May 15,
Jeremy Thompson, Texas
# 4,760:
6:04 pm PDT, May 15,
Jennifer Seidelman, California
# 4,759:
6:02 pm PDT, May 15,
Ava Brooks, Texas
# 4,758:
5:48 pm PDT, May 15,
Deborah Pullen, Alabama
# 4,757:
5:07 pm PDT, May 15,
Jerry Thomas, Nevada
# 4,756:
4:36 pm PDT, May 15,
Kevin Kreiss, Washington
# 4,755:
4:31 pm PDT, May 15,
Flagirl McKenna, Florida
# 4,754:
4:08 pm PDT, May 15,
Tracy Fitzpatrick, Delaware
# 4,753:
3:46 pm PDT, May 15,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 4,752:
3:36 pm PDT, May 15,
Dianne Revoir, Minnesota
# 4,751:
3:23 pm PDT, May 15,
Renate Uhl, Colorado
isn't it enough that gas prices are rising and now food?? We seriously need to do something about this situation.
isn't it enough that gas prices are rising and now food?? We seriously need to do something about this situation.